Monday, March 30, 2009

bad banana

Keith and I like to eat bananas. They are a relatively healthy food that we consider to be fairly yummy. We consume quite a few bananas every week and always have some around. Being as we are trying to be much more cost-conscious recently, we decided to to try the bananas from Costco. It makes sense-a greater quantity of bananas at a seemingly great price. No! They fool you!

Bananas at Costco are green. Lime green. Not a normal color of banana. We thought this meant they would ripen in a few days and be ready to eat. Not so, my friend. The bananas went directly from the shocking shade of green to brown. No stop at yellow in between either. So what do you do when you have bananas that look like this?

Throw them out? No! Compost? No! Banana bread? Heck yes! I made banana bread and it was super yummy. As the saying goes, when life hands you lemons, make lemonade...or if you buy bad bananas, make some fabulous banana bread.

6 comments:

Heather said...

Ooh it looks good! ...and makes me want to make more myself.

Jessi said...

Sprouts sista! Right up the corner from you! :) Smart thinking on the bread though!

Andrea Daniels said...

I saw those bananas the other day and almost asked you if you were going to make banana bread!

Traci Tenkely said...

mmmmmm - that definitely looks yummy! My little brothers ask me every time they come over why I have black bananas in the freezer. I seriously think they have been in there since we moved in - I just never seem to get around to actually making the bread! Good work lady.

Adri said...

I so wish I wasn't allergic to bananas!!! My mom def has a TON of brown bananas in the freezer ... you just never know when you will need to make banana bread!

Kristi @ Lolly Jane said...

mmm... friends who care, share! :)